"To perform the mercy {promised} to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;" — Luke 1:72

Luke 1:72 · KJV

“To perform the mercy {promised} to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;”

— Luke 1:72

Verse 71

That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;

Verse 73

The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

Luke 1 — Context

As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;

To perform the mercy {promised} to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

Cross References

Leviticus 26:42

Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

Hebrews 6:13-18

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

Psalms 106:45

And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

Micah 7:20

Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, {and} the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

Ezekiel 16:60

Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

Luke 1:54-55

He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of {his} mercy;

Genesis 28:14

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. {spread...: Heb. break forth}

Genesis 26:4

And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;